Supporters surround Margaret Degros, center, mother of shooting victim Nicholas Degros, and Degros' uncle, Charlie Negron, during a candlelight vigil for Nicholas, who was killed on Friday night at the corner of Washington and Wilmington Streets in Beaufort. At right is Nicholas' fiancee, Amanda Allen. Jay Karr

Supporters surround Margaret Degros, center, mother of shooting victim Nicholas Degros, and Degros' uncle, Charlie Negron, during a candlelight vigil for Nicholas, who was killed on Friday night at the corner of Washington and Wilmington Streets in Beaufort. At right is Nicholas' fiancee, Amanda Allen. Jay Karr

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About 40 people attended the memorial Tuesday, standing with the 30-year-old man's fiancè, Amanda Allen, and their five children. No arrest has been made in the deadly shooting, and the Beaufort Police Department has refused to answer questions about its investigation.

Soon after officers were called to Washington Street after shots were fired about 8 p.m. Friday, they found a woman yelling for help and tending to Degros, who had been shot. A family friend, Brandy Grundahl, said that woman was Allen, who had been with Degros for about two years and planned to marry him in October.

The 30-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

Family and friends said they had faith the police were doing what they can, though it was difficult to wait for answers.

"He never did anything. He never said anything against anybody," Delores Jenkins, a relative, said. "He's going to be sadly missed."

Friends of Degros spoke of his kindness, describing a Teddy bear of a man, an artist and a jokester.

One handwritten card next to his photographs had pictures of four Sesame Street characters. It was not from one of his young children, but from Grundahl.

Degros had once joked he and Grundahl's boyfriend were like Bert and Ernie, while the two women were Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus: Best friends. The nicknames stuck.

"She loved him," said Heather Brownfield, another close friend, of Allen.

"He loved her," Grundahl said.

Later, she spoke as if she was addressing Degros, who she said brought out a spark and energy she had never seen in Allen before.

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